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TRANSACTIONS THE LEICESTERSHIRE SOCIETY. VOL. IV. —PART 3. LEICESTER: SAMUEL CLARKE, 5, GALLOWTREE GATE. 1877. Contents. PAGE ANNUAL MEETING, 27th January, 1873 ..... 191 TBEASUHE-TROVE, IN CONNECTION WITH ANGLO-SAXON COINS STRUCK AT LEICESTER, by the fiev. Asshetou Pownall, E.D., F.S.A. 194 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 31st March, 1873 .... 199 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 26th May, 1873 . .199 LEICESTER STAINED GLASS, by Mr. North (with Illustrations) . 199 GENERAL SUMMER MEETING AT COVENTRY, 22nd and 23rd July, 1873 . 202 KENILWORTH CASTLE, REMARKS ON, by Mr. James Thompson . 203 LOCAL NOMENCLATURE, by Mr. W. G. Fretton .... 205 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 28th July, 1873 .... 212 INVENTORIES or FRAMLAND DEANERY, Co. LEICESTER, by the Eev. Mackenzie E. C. Walcott, F.S.A. .... 213 LEICESTER STAINED GLASS, by Mr. North (with Illustrations) . 220 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 29th September, 1873 . .223 BEMARKS ON AN ANCIENT SEAL OF THE BOROUGH OF LEICESTER, by Mr. Wm. Kelly, F.E.H.S. ...... 325 CONTENTS. PAOE BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 24th November, 1873 . 227 THE PBOPOSED DEMOLITION OF WIOSTON'B HOSPITAL, LEICESTER, by Mr. James Thompson . 229 LEICESTER STAINED GLASS, by Mr. North (with Illustrations) 232 ANNUAL MEETING, 26th January, 1874 .... 242 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 30th March, 1874 . 248 DISCOVERY OF LEADEN COFFINS IN LEICESTER, by Major Bellairs . 246 BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 25th May, 1874 ... 249 LEICESTER STAINED GLASS, by Mr. North (with Illustrations) . 350 SPECIAL MEETING, 14th July, 1874 ... 253 « BI-MONTHLY MEETING, 27th July, 1874 ... 254 LEICESTER STAINED GLASS, by Mr. North (with Illustrations) 254 REPORT FOR 1872. 191 January 27th, 1873. THE REV. ASSHETON POWNALL, F.S.A., in the chair. Tne HONORARY SECRETARY read the following REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1872. IN placing before the Members of the Leicestershire Architectural and Archaeological Society a short review of its proceedings during the year 1872, the Committee are pleased to be able to again congratulate them upon its continued prosperity. Although, unfortunately, death has called away a few Members, and a still fewer have for other reasons removed their names from the Member Roll, still the losses thus sustained have been more than counterbalanced by the election of other gentlemen who will, your Committee trust, take a deep interest in the Society's work. The bi-monthly meetings have been fairly attended, and their value sustained. Your Committee again urge upon Members the desirability of making the Transac tions of the Society the record of all local antiquarian discoveries, and the meetings the means of placing before others the inspection of archaaological relics illustrative of art or domestic life in past times. The bi-monthly meetings are specially fitted to attain both these ends. It having been determined to hold the Annual Summer Meeting last year at Lutterworth, a second visit to that neighbourhood—the first visit was in the year 1861—was made on the 10th September last, in conjunction with our friends of the Northants Society. The joint Societies were most cordially received and welcomed by the inhabitants of Lutterworth and its vicinity, and a most successful Congress was the result. The Museum was rich in antiquities and articles of local and general interest. The meetings for the reception of the Societies, and for the reading of Papers, were very largely attended. The Papers read were:—1. Medieval Glass Vial<, found at Lutterworth and South Kilworth; by the Rev. A. Pownall, F.S.A.—2. The Secular History of Lutterworth; by Mr. James Thompson.—3. The History and Antiquities of Elmsthorpe; by the Kev. Ernest Tower. The reading of these Papers—the subjects being local in character—elicited much attention, as did also Mr. Sharpe's description of the Palaeolithic and Neolithic remains exhibited by him in the Museum. The second day of the Congress—Wednesday, llth September—was devoted, as usual, to an Excursion to various places of interest in the locality. The fine collection of Portraits and Art Treasures at Newnham Paddox were inspected through the courtesy of the Earl of Denbigh. Monks Kirby was next visited, and its tine church and monuments described by the Rev. G. A. L'oole. Brinklow, with its immense Tumulus, was the next place on the programme. Upon arriving there, and ascending the Tumulus, Mr. James Thompson kindly gave his views concerning its origin and purpose. After an inspection of the small church, the party drove to Combe Abbey, the site of a Religious House of the Cistercian Order, and now the seat of the Earl of Craven. There (as at Newnham Paddox) the visitors—in addition to the fragments of the ancient Abbey still existing—had much to interest them in the collections of ancient armour and of ancient portraits thrown open for their inspection; and, at IVithybrooke and (Jlaybrooke, Mr. Poole described.the churches, pointing out several interesting architectural features in each building. This, with a plain substantial luncheon in the Racket Court at Combe Abbey, completed the programme of the Excursion, which your Committee think was carried out to the satisfaction of the Members present. The Publications of the Society placed in your hnnds during the past year have, your Committee venture to think, fully sustained the value attaching to those of former years. The volume of the Associated Societies contains many valuable Papers—Historical, Archaeological, and Architectural. The second part of the third o VOL. IV. 192 LEICESTEBSHIEE ARCHITECTUBAL volume of Transactions of this Society contains, in addition to a full report of the Papers read and Antiquities exhibited at its meetings from September, 1865, to September, 1866, lengthy extracts from the Churchwardens' Accounts and other Documents relating to the magnificent Parish Church of Melton Mowbray, in this county. These extracts from documents then recently discovered, and many of which were scarcely decipherable, relate to the period of the Reformation, and throw considerable light upon that most interesting era of our national history. Tbe readers of local history will remember that both Throsby and Nichols mention the existence, at the time they wrote their Histories, of a series of " ancient paintings upon glass," in a bouse then belonging to and occupied by Mr. Stephens, in High*»Cross Street, Leicester. This series consisted of twenty-eight lights, arranged along one side of the hall and kitchen of that time; but which bad pre viously been one large room. The subjects depicted were the Seven Sacraments of the Medireval Church; some Events in the Life of the Saviour; several real and legendary Events in that of the Virgin Mary; some of the Acts of Mercy; several Saints from the Calendar of the Church of the middle ages; and the Town Arms. Some years afterwards this property changed hands, when this glass was removed from the windows, and carefully preserved by a gentleman who afterwards became one of the early Members of this Society—the Rev. Richard Stephens, Vicar of Belgrave, the son of Mr. Stephens above named. At his death it was purchased by your Honorary Secretary, Mr. North, with the intention of offering it to this Society upon the same terms as those upon which it was purchased by him, so that it should not pass into private hands, or its parts be dispersed; but that it should eventually be put in some public place of safety, and so preserved as a curious local relic. This transfer has been made, and your Society is now the owner of the glass, subject only to its remaining in Mr. North's hands until correct drawings have been made, and a description given of each subject. Mr. Traylen, architect, of Leicester, has very kindly undertaken the former duty, and Mr. North has already contributed full descriptions of two subjects. The serious illness from which he is suffering, and which the Committee deeply regret, has prevented the continuation of his Papers, which, however, it is to be hoped, he will soon be able to resume. The Honorary Secretary also read a STATEMENT OF ACCOUNTS, FOR THE YEAR 1872. RECEIPTS. PAYMENTS. 1872. £. s. d. 1873. £. e. A. Jan. 1. Balance in hand from Williamson, for Associated old account .. 3112 2 Societies' Volume.. 35 9 6 Dec. 31. Subscriptions and Grant for Transactions . 30 0 0 arrears received dur Do. for Ancient Glass . 17 0 0 ing the year .. 85 12 0 Crossley and Clarke .. 3 19 9 Expenses attending Lntter worth Meeting .. 10 6 8 Royal Archaeological Institute 110 Advertising .. ., . 0 19 0 Sundries .. .. 0 12 7 Balance .. .. 62 5 0 j£101 13 6 JE101 13 6 1873.—Jan. 1. Balance in hand (against which there are several out standing bills) .. .. £62 5s. Examined and found correct, (Signed) ALFRED WHITBY. RESOLVED that the Report and Statement of Accounts be adopted and printed. AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 193 Resolved that the thanks of the Society be given to the Worshipful the Mayor for the use of the Town Library for the bi-monthly meetings, and to the Press for so ably reporting the Proceedings of the Society. Mr. I. P. Clarke was elected a member of the Society. The following antiquities, &c., were exhibited: By the REV. CANON BUBFIELD : A small Roman urn of earthen ware, about four inches in height, in very good preservation, found in a gravel pit near the Belgrave Road, opposite S. Mark's Parsonage; it was full of gravelly earth. By the REV. T. FABEBKOTHER : A silver threepenny piece of Queen Elizabeth, and three other coins of the reigns of Charles I. and George II. By the REV. A. POWNALL, F.S.A.: One of the rare S. Bar tholomew medals, on which he made the following remarks: The rare " S. Bartholomew" medal was struck by order of Pope Gregory XIII., on the occasion of the massacre of the Huguenots, when it is asserted 30,000 persons were killed in one day.